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Lake Oswego Housing Market Covid-19 Update

Just as stock market predictions fluctuate every day, so do the predictions about the housing market. Take a look at some of the headlines I ran across doing a Google search: Coronavirus Fallout: U.S. Housing Prices Will Tumble (on April … Continue reading

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5 Questions to Ask Yourself Now That You’re a Homebody

Now that we are all spending so much time in our homes, we have a chance to get to know them more—for better and for worse. So, while we are using this quarantine time to do things like get more … Continue reading

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Keeping Lake Oswego Beautiful All Year Round

April is Keep America Beautiful month which makes it a perfect time to reflect on some of the ways our city keeps Lake Oswego Beautiful all year-round. FOCUS ON PUBLIC ART. You don’t need to spend much time in Lake … Continue reading

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Ideas for Celebrating Mother’s Day in Lake Oswego While Quarantining

As we are all learning, celebrations are taking a different twist these days. From drive-by birthday parties to Zoom weddings, we are having to get creative and adjust. There’s no postponing Mother’s Day. It arrives on Sunday, May 10th this … Continue reading

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Love Notes Found in Lake Oswego During This Time of Social Distancing

It’s Easter Sunday and most likely those of us who celebrate that as well as Passover find ourselves improvising this year. I thought it a good time to spread the good news that I’ve discovered on walks recently. Time and … Continue reading

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SUPPORT LAKE OSWEGO RESTAURANTS OPEN FOR TAKEOUT DURING COVID-19 (AND CELEBRATE ARBOR WEEK)

One of the hardest-hit industries during this COVID-19 epidemic has been the restaurant business. But here in Lake Oswego, many food establishments are doing their best to stay open on a takeout/delivery basis. And many of them are supporting each … Continue reading

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How Challenging Times Bring Out the Good in Lake Oswegans

The outbreak of COVID-19 has changed life for Lake Oswegans as well as all Americans. Headlines are filled with more closings, more confirmed cases, more deaths and more economic woes. I’d like to interrupt the programming for an important message: … Continue reading

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How Is the Coronavirus Affecting the Lake Oswego Housing Market?

For most of us, home is the only safe place we feel we have right now. That reinforces the importance that housing plays in our lives. Whether it’s to provide four walls within which we can safely keep our distance … Continue reading

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7 Ideas for Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day In and Around Lake Oswego

It may be a little too early to be wearin’ the green for St. Patrick’s Day, but it’s not too early to be planning how you’ll celebrate it. Since I’m 99.8% Irish, I have a few ideas to offer both … Continue reading

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5 Things We Love About March in Lake Oswego

There are lots of reasons to love Lake Oswego—at least 1,000 considering I’ve been posting 52 reasons every year since 2011! Here are five more specific to the month of March: THE ODD COUPLE. The Lakewood Theatre Company brings us … Continue reading

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